Minutes of the Meeting of the Moot

Hunter's Moon, 2010

Opening

The Tea Light was lit at 17:30.

Minutes of the last meeting

Ozkar claimed out that the minutes of the last Moot seemed to be different to what had actually been discussed. Specifically, wherever the Archdruid had been actioned to do something, it had somehow not been mentioned in the minutes, while Ozkar and a number of others had, according to the minutes, agreed to do the ditch-clearing this weekend.
A. Eileen asked if Ozkar was having trouble with his memory, and why he wasn't outside with the spade right now with the other members of the ditch-clearing posse. She had even specially named it a "posse" to make it sound like more fun. Ozkar replied that his memory was fine. Eileen remarked that Ozkar wasn't from round here, was he. Ozkar suddenly remembered that he should be busy clearing ditches, and left the meeting.

Naming of the Moon

Today being the full moon after Harvest Moon, Geldwell brought forward the proposal that the "Hunter's Moon" was not a terribly - well, nice - name for this moon in this modern day and age. Maybe it was a little outdated, and could be renamed the "Happy Moon", or the "Mushrooming Moon". Eileen asked if Geldwell had been on the mushrooms herself, and reminded Geldwell that New Labour wasn't in power anymore. Luzty, from the Fertility Folk, remarked that he quite liked the term "Rutting Moon" for the full moon. Eileen said that what Luzty called the moon was entirely up to him and his friends, but it was not the official name, handed down for generations.

Church Fate

All agreed that the fate of the Church was to hang on in quiet desperation until they all died of old age or fell apart in a giant squabble.

Church Fete

Re-introducing the agenda item with the correct spelling this time, Lohengrin said it had been nice of the Church to invite us to the fete, and what a shame the community had been temporarily closed at the time. Firgal recalled that last year's fete had been rather good, but Millvale said no, that was the year before, when the vicar put his head in the stocks. Firgal said Millvale was thinking of the chuchwarden, and that was 2007.  This went on for some time.

Ecumenical Relations

Radclive said that he had an aunt who went to the Methodists in the morning and Anglican evensong at night, and was she therefore an ecumenical relation? Eileen informed him that he was an idiot.  Egil said he also had a female relative who was a Methodist, but he couldn't remember if she were a 2nd or 3rd cousin. This led to a long and rambling debate in which many people commented on relatives of various denominations, to no particular purpose.

Approving Druidism

Eileen had been to another meeting of Approving Druidism. She is still unsure what exactly they are meant to be approving, but that they hate illiberalism. She thinks that wearing nice clothes and being kind may be quite important to the movement, but doesn't know why.

Anglican Societies
It was agreed that, although we are Beaker Folk, it would be nice to join the Society of Cardinal Cranmer. It would show solidarity with random Anglican brethren at this time of great debate and division, and also give us something to strop out of when we didn't agree with something.

Charitable Status

Aardwulf suggested that, now some druidic movements were being given charitable status, perhaps the Beaker Folk should consider it. Burton informed the meeting that Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley (Cayman Islands) is ineligible to be a charity but has nonetheless achieved a reasonably cost-effective form of tax avoidance.

Any other business

Dreardrie said that it was getting very dark in the evening, and could we put some Xmas lights up.

Closure

The Tea Light was blown out at 20.14. Archdruid Eileen remarked that it felt much later.